Improvement in hydrants



PATENT OFFICE.

'JOHN GIBSON AND MICHAEL HEBERGER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEM ENT IN HYDRANTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,515, dated June 10, 1862.

.To all whom, it may concern..-

'Be it known that we, JOHN GIBSON and MI- CHAEL HEBERGER, both of Cincinnati, Harnilton county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hydrants; and We do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification.

` Our invention relates to a mode of attaching.

a hydrant-cock to its-stock, by which a much more permanent, effective, and sightly tix-ture is obtained, and onemore easily applied or re placed than is the common cock secured in the customary method by soldering and nailing.

The old method of fastening a hydrant-cock was to first bring the pipe out, so as to project about one inch through a hole bored in the front of the stock, and which required the pipe to be bent almost square, so as to stretch and Hatten the outside of the pipe, making it very thin at this part and liable to burst j from the pressure of the water, besides which the bending action tended to Hatten in the bore, thus choking the passage and giving the pipe a weak `form for resisting pressure.

pipe being drawn through, as above explained,

The end of the had a leaden flange or collar soldered fast around it, and this collar was nailed to the stock. The cock was then inserted in the end of the pipe and was soldered to the same by pouring solder around it andwiping it smooth, like any otherplumbers joint. This joint, owing to the imperfect soldering, heat, and

` 'other causes, was liable to be blistered by l the frost, and finally to burst with the pressure of water or ice Within` the pipe. It has also occurred that corrosion has partially loosened thecock within the pipe, resulting in a leakage that is liable to be overlooked until it has rotted the stock or undermineda neighboring foundation. bucket on the cock while drawing water has often resulted in tearing the leaden flange loose and breaking the pipe short off at the bend, so as to necessitate the removal of the pavement and the digging up of the hydrant.

The act also of hanging aV The accompanying drawing represents by vertical section a portion of a hydrant embodying our improvement.

A represents a portion of the hydrant-stock. B is a straight leaden pipe, to which there has been permanently soldered a brass elbow, C.

As the junction of the pipe B and elbow C may be completed in the plumbes shop, a perfect and reliable joint is easily obtainable. It will, moreover, be apparent that the elbow C supersedes the usual constricted bend in the pipe itself at this part. A female screw in the ventage of elbow C receives the screw-threaded shank of cock I).

E is a scutcheon which slips over the outer portion ofj the elbow C, and is secured by wood-screws77 to the stock A. A nut, F, upon the cock-shank being screwed rml y against the face ofthe scutcheon, actsto draw the shoulder c of the elbow home against the back e of the scutcheon, thus fixing all the parts rigidly in place. The screwing in of the cock confines a' gasket, G, between the cock-shank and the elbow, and thus secures a watertight joint.

The above-described fixture may be manufactured complete and ready for attachment to any hydrant-stock. It may be sent any distance and be screwed to its place in a few minutes by any one or be removed therefrom Without injuring the parts and without the aid of a professional plumber. p

, We claim as new and of our invention- The combination of elbow Cc,screwshanked cock D, annular gasket G, scutcheon E e, and clamp-nut F,all constructed, arranged, and employed in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony of which invention we hereunto set our hands. l

Vitnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, I, BEOKLEY. 

